Anyways, while being sick-ish, creative juices do not flow, so I was surfing the internet, reading a lot, commenting here and there, and I stumbled about this meme, circle, something not only once, but three times in my ‘blogging circle’. And since it is always fun to learn new things about – mostly – virtual friends – here we go with ‘mustache some questions’, which I traced back to Allison. I have to say though that I am having difficulties with a question or two, so don’t scold me for only having three answers, o.k.?
//Four names that people call me (other than my real name!):
Dearsis — obviously… David 😉
Claude(s) — English abbreviation for Claudia?? It used to bug me a little when I was living in Australia, but all, and I mean ALL, names got abbreviated
Claudi (pronounced Cloudy) — Those who don’t know me well, will find out very quickly why people that do know me, do not call me Claudi – grrrh! Hate it.
Lange or Kleine — which if you know German does not make sense. Lange = tall(ie) and Kleine = short(ie). The former refers to me being 6’1″ and at the same time ‘lil’ sister’ to my siblings 😉
//Four jobs I have had:
Helper (i.e. unskilled worker) painting — in my dad’s business while finishing school, I worked afternoons and weekends to make money
Apprentice office/bookkeeping/reception — German retail chain (I googled, they actually still exist – Boecker)
Logistics Import — ITG, importing home textiles from the PR of China (this was before and during Tianmen Square protests)
Exports/Imports/airfreight/oceanfreight — Danzas now DHL in Germany, Australia, USA
//Four movies I would watch more than once (it is obvious – I love fantasy/scifi):
Matrix (1, 2 and 3)
Star Wars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Lord of the Rings (1, 2, 3)
Ordinary People
//Four books I’d recommend (phew – haven’t really read in a while, but…):
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan novels (loved all the films, too)
Clive Cussler – entertaining (no brainer) novels for vacations
Scott Kelby photoshop books are fun and you learn a lot
//Four places I have lived:
Bielefeld, Germany — home town
Bülach, Switzerland (close to Zürich) — job that I did not list above
Melbourne — Danzas / DHL Australia – it will always be my 2nd home!
Mannheim, Germany — where I met for the first time and years later moved together with David
//Four places I have been:
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia — only on vacation, but oh so beautiful
Caernarfon, Wales — another vacation, more than once
Le Mont St. Michel, France — 1st time as an exchange student, later with David
Bonaire — Our windsurfing destination of choice
//Four places I’d rather be right now:
Bonaire — It is way warmer than here and it is the start of the windy season – windsurf, baby!
Bielefeld — Christmas with family is just nice
A beach — any beach, preferably a warm one though
None — I am pretty much where I want to be
//Four things I don’t eat:
Innards or brain — never!
Liver — as a kid mom made it and in all honesty it was o.k. especially in strips, but the smell – uurrgh
Oysters — how can one eat this glibbery, cold, schlurpy stuff – unless it is fried in batter 😉
Seafood pizza — seafood is yum, but does not belong on pizza, period!
//Four of my favorite foods:
Sushi
Pasta
Trader Joe’s s (sweet & salty) kettle corn — hahaha, that was David’s answer
Good German bread (with nuts)
//Four TV shows that I watch:
Grimm
Lost Girl
Burn Notice — (this one actually ties to the actors in the video further down… do you know why?)
Supernatural
p.s. I am watching all these on Netflix since we don’t have a TV, but they count, because they are still running
//Four things I am looking forward to this year:
Attending the Rockefeller Tree Lighting one more time
A quiet Christmas with my Dearsis
Taking more winter photos – I hate winter, so I have to have something positive there, right?
Spring (already yes! And windsurfing on Bonaire)
//Four things I’m always saying:
Freck the freckin’ freckers — I thing we first ‘encountered’ freck in Galactica, the new version 🙂 (btw – this one came from David…)
I’m German — This is the explanation, ahem, excuse I give a lot when …I have no idea how to explain something or I don’t understand something
I don’t know! — comes with the territory of living in a foreign country speaking a foreign language, I guess
Go away with your cold footsies! Guess who I’m talking to… 🙂
// Four of your all time favorite songs (in no particular order and just out of this very moment, because there are a lot more!):
One — U2
Wake me up when September ends — Green Day
Music (was my first love) — John Miles
Into the great wide open — Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (and not because (but it does help) of Johnny Depp starring in the video, have a look at the actors in this clip)
And just because I am having a music kind of evening, here is another pretty cool video, in ‘Russian avant-garde art’ style:
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